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Rapid Shipping & Logistics

Marine Agency & Freight Forwarding · UAE & India · Est. 1992

Boutique in accountability.
Serious in capability.

Marine agency and freight forwarding under one roof, across the UAE and India. Every client gets one named relationship manager who knows your account, and a direct line to them - not a ticket number.

1992

Established

50+

Professionals

8

Offices ·
UAE & India

2

Integrated verticals

The structure

Two verticals. One roof. No gap to fall through.

Most operators do one thing. Marine agency, or freight forwarding - rarely both, almost never with the same team and the same accountability. When they're split across vendors, there's a gap between them that nobody is paid to own. Rapid runs both.

Vertical 01

Marine Agency Services

Vessel permissions, crew handling, shore passes, KSA Visa assistance, supply and husbandry.

For: vessel owners · ship management companies · offshore energy operators

  • / Port permissions & Coast Guard coordination
  • / Crew sign-on / off, medical at anchorage
  • / Ship spares clearance & repair-and-return
Vertical 02

Logistics & Freight Forwarding

Sea, air and multimodal imports and exports, customs clearance, warehousing and last-mile.

For: importers · exporters · manufacturers · F&B distributors

  • / Customs brokerage & duty mitigation
  • / Inter-UAE land distribution & GCC green corridors
  • / Cold chain & municipality compliance

Track & trace

Where is my shipment?

Enter your Bill of Lading or container number and pick your carrier. We'll take you straight to the live tracking for that line. Need eyes on a vessel at anchorage instead? Your relationship manager has it.

Opens the carrier's official tracker in a new tab.

What we handle

Six capabilities. One point of contact.

Discuss your requirement
01

Sea Freight

FCL, LCL and project cargo across the major lines, with customs cleared in step - not as a separate handoff.

02

Air Freight

Time-critical and high-value air cargo, including runway-to-chiller handling for perishables.

03

Land Transport

Cross-border GCC haulage and green-corridor routing via Khorfakkan and Oman when sea lanes tighten.

04

Warehousing & Distribution

Ambient, chill and frozen storage with last-mile refrigerated delivery and inventory holding.

05

Customs Brokerage

Clean clearance, repair-and-return deposits and duty mitigation - documentation right the first time.

06

Marine Agency

Full port husbandry, crew handling, permissions and supply for vessel owners and managers.

Specialist Services

Where the standard rate sheet isn't enough.

Some vessels and some cargo don't fit a generic process. These are the lines we run week in, week out - with the precedents, the contacts and the documentation already in place.

Offshore & energy

OSV & rig support

The bulk of what we handle. Vessel permissions, crew changes, immigration and supply for offshore support fleets and rig-bound vessels - across anchorage, supply-boat runs and shore crew.

Cold chain

F&B culinary logistics

Runway-to-chiller for high-value perishables. MOFA attestations and product registrations filed ahead of arrival, Dubai Municipality inspection coordinated airside, refrigerated last-mile to the walk-in.

Technical

Ship spares & dry-dock

Repair-and-return clearance against dry-dock deadlines. Documentation clean from lodgement, parts coordinated dockside before the window opens.

Why Rapid

The real advantage isn't the rate. It's a partner who already knows your vessels, your cargo and your history - and never makes you explain twice.

01

One relationship manager

A named person who knows your fleet, your cargo and your history. Not a queue, not a ticket, not a rotating desk.

02

Answers from someone who knows you

Hormuz closed? You get routing options and a quote for each - from the person who already knows your cargo, not a call centre.

03

Direct to decision-makers

When a call needs to be made, you reach someone with the authority to make it. The owners stay personally accountable for the work.

Straight answers

The questions clients actually ask.

What does Rapid actually do?+

Two integrated verticals under one roof - marine agency services for vessel owners and ship managers, and freight forwarding plus customs clearance for importers, exporters and manufacturers.

Which ports do you cover?+

We cover the UAE's major ports and airports, plus air gateways into India:

Sharjah - Port Khalid, Hamriyah Free Zone, Khorfakkan
Dubai - Jebel Ali, Port Rashid, Dubai Maritime City, Dubai Dry Docks
Abu Dhabi - Khalifa Port, Mina Zayed, Musaffah, KIZAD
RAK - Mina Saqr, Khor Port, RAK Maritime City, Al Jazeera, Al Jeer
Air - All UAE international airports + Bangalore (BLR) & Kochi (COK)
Who actually handles my account?+

One named relationship manager, the same point of contact each time, reachable directly. When a decision is needed, you have direct access to senior management.

Are you the cheapest option?+

No - and not the most expensive either. We're priced competitively against both global corporates and local agents, and we win on accountability, not on undercutting a rate.

Start the conversation

Tell us the vessel or the cargo. We'll handle the rest.

One email and a named relationship manager is assigned within the same business day. No onboarding form, no procurement maze.

Rapid Shipping & Logistics

Suite 604 / 704, Al Qassimi Building
King Abdul Aziz Street, P.O. Box 21313
Sharjah, U.A.E.

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